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Green Building Law Update
Michael Mann’s Defamation Case Continues, Just Not Now
Last week the Superior Court of D.C. entered an order staying Michael Mann's (of Hockey Stick Graph fame) defamation lawsuit, .. but that order also concluded that "to place the…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Summary Judgment Granted in Cooley Law School’s Defamation Suit
The ABA Journal reports that summary judgment was granted Cooley Law School's defamation suit against a law firm and bloggers who published comments criticizing the law school's reported employment statistics. The…
La Revue
Google suggère mais n’injurie pas : Google n’est pas responsable des associations réalisées par Google Suggest
Cass. Civ. 1ère 19 juin 2013, n° 12-17.591 Dans un précédent article (« Google Suggest : nouvelle condamnation »), nous avions évoqué la condamnation de Google par la Cour d’appel de Paris…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Defamation suits versus social media users a foolhardy proposition
Plaintiffs losing defamation law suits tend to look a lot worse coming out of the suit than they did going in. The irony, of course, is that the plaintiff sued…
SDNY Blog
Judge Oetken Rules Hyperlinking Constitutes Attribution to Source, Dismisses Defamation Suit by Sheldon Adelson
In an opinion today, Judge Oetken dismissed a defamation suit brought by GOP donor Sheldon Adelson because (among other reasons) the allegedly defamatory language hyperlinked to an AP article about…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: NCAA Protest, “Dirtiest Hotel” Defamation?, Global Warming
Today marked two big legal deadlines discussed heavily by the LexBlog Network: today officially marked the SEC lifting its long-standing ban on solicitation for private funds and the HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Sixth Circuit Affirms ‘Dirtiest Hotel’ Defamation Ruling
We previously wrote about a Tennessee district court’s decision holding that a hotel’s inclusion at the top of the 2011 TripAdvisor “Dirtiest Hotels” list constituted hyperbolic opinion and rhetorical exaggeration,…
Media Law Prof Blog
Sixth Circuit Upholds Lower Court Dismissal of Defamation Suit Against TripAdvisor Over “Dirtiest Hotels List”
Via Digital Media Law Project, the news that the Sixth Circuit has affirmed the lower court dismissal of claims in Seaton v. TripAdvisor LLC (see lower court ruling here). Kenneth…
Inside Global Tech
Federal Court Blocks Enforcement of Canadian Defamation Judgment
The recently enacted federal ban on libel tourism is making it more difficult for plaintiffs to sue U.S. defendants in countries that afford weaker free speech protections. Last week, in…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Hotel’s Inclusion on TripAdvisor’s List of “Dirtiest Hotels In America” Not Defamatory
In 2011, TripAdvisor rated Grand Resort Hotel and Convention Center in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee number one on its list of the “Dirtiest Hotels in America.” Based on TripAdvisor users’ opinions,…